spring onion, in Ireland 7 Little Words

“spring onion, in Ireland” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “spring onion, in Ireland” (most recently Friday, October 16, 2026, Puzzle 4) is:

SCALLION·8 letters

You can also reveal it one tile at a time above if you'd rather keep some of the challenge.

When else has “spring onion, in Ireland” appeared?

• October 16, 2026 (most recent) → SCALLION

Why the answer is SCALLION

Think of the mild green allium often chopped into salads or mashed potatoes. 🧅

How to build SCALLION from the tiles

In 7 Little Words you don't type the answer — you assemble it from the puzzle's shared tile bank, and every tile is used exactly once across all seven answers. Puzzle 4's tiles for October 16, 2026 are:

SCAL · LION · QUIS · LING · FLAM · ES · VEG · ETA · RI · AN · BE · NE · FITS · CHAR · AC · TERS · FU · GA · CI · OUS

SCALLION is built by combining the tiles SCAL · LION in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in SCALLION early also narrows what's left for the other six clues.

More clues from this puzzle

Stuck on another clue? Here are the rest of Puzzle 4's clues for October 16, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• fifth columnist — 8 letters
• comments angrily online — 6 letters
• plant eater — 10 letters
• job perks — 8 letters
• Forrest Gump & Elle Woods — 10 letters
• like fads — 9 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the October 16, 2026 answers page, and today's live answers are always one tap from the main 7 Little Words page.

About 7 Little Words

7 Little Words is a daily clue-and-tile puzzle from Blue Ox Technologies. Each board gives seven clues and a bank of two- and three-letter tiles; you spell every answer by combining tiles, using each tile exactly once. Five free puzzles publish every day, resetting at midnight Eastern Time. This was a Friday puzzle.